Peter King Down On Bucs’ Pass Rush

Joe harps about it. Fans harp about it. Sports radio yakkers scream and kvetch about it. Coaches may lose jobs over it.

“It” being the Bucs pass rush, or more accurately, lack of a pass rush.

It astounds Joe that for the past five years the Bucs have prioritized building a pass rush, yet they’ve only been able to find and keep one guy who can stay healthy and produce, despite all the draft picks and free agents signed and/or let walk away by the Bucs.

Miami 24, Tampa Bay 13. If I thought the Bucs could take advantage of the leaks on the Miami offensive line brought about by Incognitogate, I would predict otherwise. But I don’t.

How sad is that that the pass rush is so impotent, sans one player, a Dolphins team that was already leaky before it lost its entire starting left side of the line over two weeks, has professionals inside the NFL chuckling at the thought of the Bucs getting heat on Ryan Tannehill?

Joe is confident that if Bucs commander Greg Schiano returns for 2014, then there will be major changes to his coaching staff, in part, because the Bucs routinely cannot get close enough to quarterbacks to spit on them.

I hate to say this….but it is the lack of talent…..We have a 4th round rookie….a no-name (Teo) and a couple of injured underperfoming ends Bowers & AC….
They haven’t gotten it done and we have seen enough to know that they won’t….I still believe we will see some rush tonight, however…

Schiano definitely deserves blame but Dominick is the GM. The questions I have are… Why were you so confident that Bowers would be an impact pass rusher? Why did you not keep Michael Bennet??? Dominicks drafting of defensive ends has been a disaster. It reminds me of Matt Millen as GM of the Lions drafting wide receivers (and Calvin Johnson wasn’t one of them) I believe Millen gave up consecutive #1 draft picks for players like Roy Williams and thats why he was run out of town. Why aren’t we asking the Glazers why we have given up multiple high draft pics for defensive ends and tackles and have no pass rush to show for it??

If the Bucs lose this game tonight and the Tampa Bay area and Bucs Organization have another embarrassment on National TV like recently happened against Carolina with a late game empty stadium except for the fans that are chanting, holding up negative signs, wearing paper bags and Hasmat suits, then the Glazers should be in town tomorrow holding a press conference to do something that is overdue

I love it when our DE’s are covering receivers in the flat and leaving the QB enough time to make a sandwich as he waits for our DB’s to wear out and his WR’s to come open. That’s always an encouraging sight.

Who cares who cares who cares who cares about the pass rush. This team with this coaching staff(worst in football undoubtedly) had no chance. I thought highly but close games can’t be the story of a team. Schiano I swear to god is the worst in game manager in NFL history. Same gameplan every week same gameplan every quarter same press conference every Loss. After 0-2 I wanted this team to lose out. Schiano gone and teddy Bridgewater/clowney/pull a Rams and go with Glennon and this team takes over the division the moment drew Brees retires(even though this winless team beat him despite the refs blowing it). The best thing since 02 happened to this chise the moment Schiano started drafting and the moment he started horridly coaching. Drafted 5 rly good players but can’t coach. Period. You guys jabber constantly about this and that. Nothing matters as long as Greg is in charge. And anyone saying McCoy isn’t good should just be banned as a troll. And I’m spent

Pass rush problems are entirely in Dom and Shiano’s lap.
As I said last spring- if you think two second year players( both mised the majority of one season),coming off an Achilles and ACL surgery, are gonna generate a dominate Pass rush- the you better switch dealers! You can’t handle the stuff you’re doing!!

Like all of our problems this season- it isn’t the players it’s the pathetic front office and Coaching!

Primarily- Dom and Schiano.
Let’s get that first pick, to welcome in our new GM and new head coach!